Press conference at ESO on groundbreaking new Milky Way results from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
You can watch the press conference live on ESO page, or on ESO's YouTube channel.
Nominate your choice for the Award for Quality Teaching 2021-2022
Nominate your choice for the Award for Quality Teaching at the School of Electrical Engineering.
Collaboration between general upper secondary schools and universities is important
The collaboration between Metsähovi Radio Observatory and Helsinki School of Mathematics was awarded at the final event of the Tutki-Kokeile-Kehitä competition.
Pulled toward the light – measuring how a laser beam compresses water
An international group of researchers coordinated by Professor Nelson Astrath from State University of Maringá (Brazil) has measured the force density laser light exerts within a water column as it passes through.
Finland's first science satellite, Foresail-1, is ready for space
The satellite and its key instruments will launch in summer 2022.
Convenient wireless charging for home use
A uniform charging field makes this new transmitter ideal for consumer devices.
Radio observations reveal the dance of two black holes
Radio observations made by Aalto University's Metsähovi Radio Observatory and Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory have revealed how two giant black holes located billions of light years away are locked into orbit around one another.
Doctoral studies provide excellent skills for working life
We asked a student, a doctor of technology and a company representative why they recommend doctoral studies - watch the video.
Student Roman Suran wanted to give back and became an international tutor
Roman finds tutoring rewarding, because he has made friends from all around the world and learned to get along with people from different backgrounds
Groundbreaking light sources can increase effectiveness and security of transferring quantum information
Researchers at Aalto University plan to build a revolutionary LED light source to generate entangled photon pairs. The research group led by Professor Pertti Hakonen has received three-year funding from the Future Makers Funding Program of Technologies Finland Centennial Foundation and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
A fascination with light and its possibilities drives Professor Zhipei Sun’s research
Aalto University's Professor Zhipei Sun is on the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list for the third time – congratulations!
KvarkenSat, the first small satellite in the Kvarken region, will be built in cooperation between Finns and Swedes
KvarkenSat is a joint small satellite between the Ostrobothnian provinces and Västerbotten, which is due to be launched into space in just over a year.
One of the most important characteristics of a researcher is tolerance for uncertainty
Assistant Professor Tomasz Kucner is researching, how and what robots can learn from the human behavior.
Metsähovi officially becomes a radio observatory in Finnish and Swedish as well
The term ‘radio observatory’ replaces ‘radio research station’ in Metsähovi's new Finnish and Swedish names.
Towards more sustainable space research – The Foresail-1 satellite will be launched in spring 2022
Foresail-1 is the first satellite from the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space. The Centre of Excellence is studying space conditions with the aim of developing more sustainable small satellites that do not turn into space debris.
Three Aalto University professors become members of the Academia EuropaeaÂ
Professors Risto Nieminen, Zhipei Sun and Päivi Törmä were elected as members.
Students coded an open-source microprocessor that companies can use as they wish
The new processor is suitable, for example, for 6G transceivers and encryption technology. The project encourages young people to study microelectronics; skills that are in high demand in Finland.
Alumnus of the Year Mikko J. Salminen encourages multidisciplinary studies
Mikko J. Salminen was selected as Alumnus of the Year for 2021 at Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering. The selection was made public at the SIK100 seminar of the Guild of Electrical Engineering on Saturday, 23 October.
Master graduates from the School of Electrical Engineering satisfied with their degrees and careers
Next career monitoring survey starts on the 4th of October. All 2016 master's graduates and 2018 doctoral graduates will be invited to participate in the survey.
On Friday night, BepiColombo will pass by Mercury for the first time
Researchers at Aalto University have been involved in building the particle measurement instruments for the probe. They will provide new information about Mercury and its space weather.
